[2025 Longshan Attraction] Travel Guide for Liyezhen (Updated Mar)

👍Recommended reasons If you are tired of the hustle and bustle of popular attractions and want to find a quiet place to experience history and ethnic customs, Liyue Ancient Town is definitely the best choice🌟. There are no crowds of tourists, no excessive commercialization, only simple streets and alleys, profound history, and a leisurely and comfortable atmosphere, which can completely relax your body and mind and immerse you in the long river of time. 📍Attraction introduction Liyue Ancient Town: One of the four ancient towns in Xiangxi, with streets and alleys paved with bluestone slabs, and ancient city walls standing quietly, telling stories of the past. Standing on the high bank of the ancient city river, you can see the beautiful scenery of Bamen Mountain, where the three provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei meet🌄. Walking through the ancient town, you will be overwhelmed by the strong ethnic customs, as if you have traveled back hundreds of years. - Qin Bamboo Slips Museum: The museum displays more than 30,000 bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty. Although these precious cultural relics are just inconspicuous wooden pieces and blurred characters, they record the stories of the Qin Dynasty thousands of years ago. It is very suitable for bringing children to learn and have fun👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. 🚉Transportation It is recommended to drive🚗, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Xiangxi along the way; you can also go to Longshan County, Xiangxi Prefecture first, and then transfer to a bus to Liyue Ancient Town🚌. ✅Travel route Morning: Arrive at Liyue Ancient Town, stroll through the stone streets and alleys of the ancient town, feel its simplicity and tranquility, and visit the ancient city walls. - Noon: Taste local delicacies in the ancient town🍜. - Afternoon: Go to the Qin Bamboo Slips Museum to learn more about the history of the Qin Dynasty. If you have enough time, you can also go to the high bank of the ancient city river to overlook Bamen Mountain. If you have a whole day, it is highly recommended to visit Bamen Mountain. 🍲Food recommendations Liyue rice tofu: Smooth taste, with unique seasoning, tastes great👍. - Xiangxi bacon: Marinated and smoked, rich in flavor, fatty but not greasy. 💰Cost Liyue Ancient Town: Free admission, no ticket required. Qin Bamboo Slips Museum: Free admission, no ticket required. Other tips There are few tourists in the ancient town, and the photos are very beautiful📸. It is recommended to wear ancient-style clothes. - If you go to Bamen Mountain, check the weather in advance and prepare warm clothes, as the temperature on the mountain is low❄.

🏝Liyue means "dragging soil" in Tujia language and belongs to Longshan County, Xiangxi. It has a long history. As early as more than 6,000 years ago, there were human settlements in Liyue Town. It was the seat of Dongting County in the Qin Dynasty. 🏝In 2002, more than 37,400 Qin bamboo slips were discovered in a huge ancient well in Liyue Ancient City, far exceeding the total number of Qin bamboo slips unearthed in previous years. It filled the gap in historical materials of the Qin Dynasty and was praised by experts as the Terracotta Warriors in the north and the Qin bamboo slips in Liyue in the south. 🏝Liyue Ancient City is divided into four major sections: Liyue Qin Bamboo Slips Museum, Liyue Ancient City Ruins, Liyue Ancient Town, and You River Scenic Belt. 🚥[Transportation Guide] ⭐️Self-driving or chartered cars are recommended for convenience. ⭐️Take a high-speed train to Longshan County, and then take a bus to Liyue at the bus station.

Travel through time, explore ancient charm, and enter the charming world of the ancient town The ancient town is a historical treasure, rich in cultural heritage and unique charm. Every ancient street and building tells an ancient story, leading us through time and space to feel the charm of history. Strolling along the stone paths of the ancient town, you can almost hear the noise of the ancients and the sound of horses' hooves, and see the bustling scenes of ancient times. Every stone carries the memory of history, and every brick and tile is filled with the fragrance of time.

Those ancient towns that have become popular often see high frequencies of keywords like 'performance' and 'show' in the comments. As ancient town tourism becomes increasingly competitive, those millennia-old towns that exude a sense of historical vicissitudes and the passage of time, and are primitive, serene, and uncommercialized, are not only forgotten by people but some are gradually fading from public view. Among them, there is such a place in our country; it is the most desolate ancient town in the country, with a history of over a thousand years, yet it is little known! Curious friends might ask, where exactly is this most desolate ancient town in the country? What unique scenery does it have? With these questions and curiosities, today we will talk about the stories of Liye Ancient Town. 'Liye' is Tujia language, meaning 'opening the sky' and 'dragging the earth'. Liye Ancient Town is nearly half the size of a county town. Its specific location is at No. 1, Bijian Street, Liye Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province. Although Liye Ancient Town has a history of over a thousand years, it is little known! However, it, along with Wangcun Ancient Town, Pushi Ancient Town, and Chadong Ancient Town, is known as one of the four famous towns in Xiangxi.

This free and niche ancient town in Hunan is seriously underrated Liyetown is one of the four famous towns in Western Hunan, alongside Furong Town, Pushi Town, and Chadong Town, but most people don't know about it. Advantages: 1. Over 36,000 bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty have been unearthed in Liye, which scholars believe to be another major archaeological discovery of the Qin Dynasty following the Terracotta Army. The research results are expected to significantly fill in the gaps in historical records, and in 2023 it was even featured on the CCTV program 'Exploring Chinese Civilization through Bamboo Slips'. 2. The ancient town's architecture is even more beautiful. Whether you're using a phone or a camera, any random snapshot is postcard-worthy, and if you wear ethnic minority clothing, trust me, you'll get great photos. 3. It's not overly commercialized. The town is currently inhabited mostly by locals, and things are cheaper than in other places. A bag that costs 30 yuan elsewhere is only 15 yuan here. Transportation: 1. Self-driving is highly recommended, and you can also visit Bamiang Mountain. 2. Alternatively, you can take a high-speed train to Longshan County from Changsha and then take a bus to Liye. The ticket is about 40 yuan, and the journey takes about 2 hours.

Liyue Ancient Town is part of the Miao Autonomous Prefecture's Longshan County and is one of the four famous towns in Western Hunan. The You River flows by its side, and the ancient town is world-renowned for the discovery of over 30,000 bamboo slips from the Qin Dynasty (the Liyue Qin Slips) in an ancient well. These slips have filled a gap in the historical materials from the Qin period and have been acclaimed by experts as 'the Terracotta Warriors in the north, the Liyue Qin Slips in the south.' The state has specially built a museum next to the ancient town, and upon close examination, the text on the Qin slips can be understood.

"North has the Terracotta Army in Xi'an, south has the bamboo slips in Liye"🍃, hence Liye Ancient City is also acclaimed as "The Qin City of the World, China's Liye"🤔. ☑️In the Tujia language, "Liye" means to pioneer this land🌄. An era is encapsulated in a city🌇, a city encapsulated in tiny bamboo slips. The emergence of the Qin bamboo slips made Liye known to the world🙊🙉. ☑️Strolling through the ancient street, with its tall blue brick firewalls🌝, smooth and shiny stone-paved lanes, wooden houses exuding the fragrance of tung oil, and ancient shops, as well as the bluestone docks by the You River🌊 telling tales of the past... The charm of Qin and the elegance of Chu are everywhere, permeating the prosperity of those years✨. ☑️Liye was a military fortress built by the Chu state during the Warring States period🙉, used to expand territory and defend against the invasion of the Qin state👿. In the late Warring States period, the Qin army invaded the You River basin from the Wujiang River basin🌊, forcing the Chu army to move eastward, and this ancient city🌇 was abandoned. In addition to this historically unrecorded ancient city🖊️, two other ancient cities from the Western Han and Eastern Han periods were discovered in Liye Town. In the entire You River basin🌊, a total of four ancient cities🌇 have been found, involving 79 ancient city sites and tombs😳. 📍Detailed address: Liye Ancient Town, Liye Town, Longshan County, Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province 💰Ticket price: 50 RMB per person for the Liye Ancient City ruins, free admission to the museum 🕙Opening hours: Open all day 📝Impressions from visiting the town: I have visited many ancient towns, and Liye is one that left a deep impression✨. Some say Liye is like a well-bred lady🌸. When night falls, the grey-tiled houses, horse-head walls, blue brick courtyards with carved windows, a glimmer of light💡 illuminates the Miao villages🍃. The simple and quiet town becomes even more charming under the envelopment of night.

The ancient Qin Dynasty city, located on the bank of Youshui River and backed by Bamishan Mountain, has unearthed bamboo slips that take you on a journey through more than 2,000 years of history and an encounter with Qianling County of Dongting County of the Qin Empire that spans a thousand years. Dongting County, which was not recorded in "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han", made its debut with the discovery of the Liye bamboo slips. More than 37,000 bamboo slips record the local conditions and customs of Qianling County, Dongting County of Qin Dynasty, criminal administration, and official assessment... Let the world better understand the great empire hidden in the mist of history that laid the foundation for the form of today's Greater China, with the same writing system, the same wheels, and the same customs... Only then did the consciousness of great unification come into being.

For the locals in western Hunan, strolling through ancient cities and towns is nothing out of the ordinary. To find something new in what is all too familiar can indeed be a challenge. Fortunately, the recent designation of Liyue Old Street as a 'Provincial-level Cultural Tourism Leisure District' offers an opportunity to 'dress up the old wine in new bottles' while exploring the old street, possibly refreshing the senses and yielding new insights. Liyue Old Street, nestled at the foot of Baming Mountain and by the You River, was built during the Ming and Qing dynasties and flourished in the Republic of China era, standing as one of the four great ancient towns of western Hunan. The simple and exquisite lines of the old street flow in the autumn wind, where the poetic landscape seems to sing the song of the years alongside the times and fashion. As you step in, no matter where you come from or where you are heading, the history's dust has already touched your feet as you pass by. The rhythm of walking, the ancient charm, the ambiguous beauty of the moonlight, all make one linger and hesitate to leave, daring not to speak lightly of departing without a trace.